The Congos – Heart Of The Congos

Label:	Blood & Fire – BAFCD 009
Format:	2 x CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered , Jewel case
Country:	UK
Released:	1996
Genre:	Reggae
Style:	Roots Reggae

Tracklist

1-1	Fisherman Bass – Geoffrey Chung Drums – Paul* Written-By – Lee Perry	6:03
1-2	Congoman Bass – Winston 'Brubeck' Wright* Written-By – Lee Perry	6:38
1-3	Open Up The Gate	4:28
1-4	Children Crying Backing Vocals – Candy McKenzie	4:42
1-5	La La Bam-Bam Backing Vocals – Gregory Isaacs	3:51
1-6	Can't Come In	5:51
1-7	Sodom And Gomorrow	6:10
1-8	The Wrong Thing	5:31
1-9	Ark Of The Covenant	6:18
1-10	Solid Foundation	5:56
1-11	At The Feast	3:38
1-12	Nicodemus	7:36
2-1	Congoman (12" Mix)	6:15
2-2	Congoman Chant	6:17
2-3	Bring The Mackaback	4:03
2-4	Noah Sugar Pan	3:27
2-5	Solid Foundation (Disco Cork Mix)	5:57

Companies, etc.

Mastered At – The Town House
Recorded At – The Black Ark
Designed At – Intro (11)
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – The Congos
Copyright © – Blood & Fire Limited
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – B9698
Glass Mastered At – Nimbus – B9699

Credits

Backing Vocals – Watty 'King' Burnett*
Bass – Boris Gardiner
Coordinator [Project] – Steve Barrow
Design, Art Direction, Illustration – Mat Cook (2)
Drums – Mikey 'Boo' Richards*
Illustration – Andy Veitch
Lead Guitar – Ernest Ranglin
Liner Notes – Steve Barrow
Mastered By – Kevin Metcalfe
Organ – Winston 'Brubeck' Wright*
Percussion – Uziah 'Sticky' Thompson*
Photography By – Phil Hale
Piano – Keith Stewart
Producer – The Congos
Remastered By [Digital Restoration] – Andy Walter*
Rhythm Guitar – Robert 'Billy' Johnson*
Written-By – Roydel Johnson

Notes

Released in a jewel case for two cds.

Recorded in The Black Ark 1976/77.

Mastered at The Town House, London.
Digital Restoration at Room 63, Abbey Road Studios, London.

Design and Art Direction at Intro.

Special Thanks: Cedric and Yvonne Myton, Roydel Johnson, Barry Frankson, Andrea Lewis, Clive Chin and Mandy Campbell, Bob Perry, Lisa Barbaris & Max King, David Katz, Jeremy Collingwood and Trevor Wyatt.

℗1977 The Congos ©1996 Blood and Fire Limited.

Digital remaster of the 1977 album with "lost" tracks on the second CD:
Tracks 2-1 and 2-2 taken from the Congo Man / Congo Man Chant 12".
Track 2-3 is a dub version to Fisherman previously available as a Jamaican 7" on the Upsetter label.
Track 2-4 is Scratch's B-side dub mix to the Black Art 7" of Ark Of The Covernant first issued in 1977.
Track 2-5 is from the master tape of the Jamaican Upsetter 12" mix.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout: B9698 BAFCD 009 DISC 1 · 1:1 MASTERED BY NIMBUS
Matrix / Runout: B9699 BAFCD 009 DISC 2 · 1:1 MASTERED BY NIMBUS
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L122

Other Versions (5 of 61)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Heart Of The Congos (LP, Album)	Black Art	none	Jamaica	1977
Recently Edited	Heart Of The Congos (LP, Album)	Black Art	none	Jamaica	1977
New Submission	Heart Of The Congos (LP, Album, Yellow paint)	Black Art	none	Jamaica	1977
Recently Edited	Heart Of The Congos (LP, Album, Reissue)	Congo Ashanty	none	Jamaica	1978
New Submission	Heart Of The Congos (LP, Album, Green/white labels)	Black Art	none	Jamaica	1978